Polyquaternary ammonium salts



Patented Dec. 30, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE POLYQUATERNARY AMMONIUM SALTS Charles F. H. Allen, Rochester, N. Y., assignor to Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y., a corporation of New Jersey No Drawing. Application February 29, 1940, Serial No. 321,597

9 Claims.

This invention relates to polyquaternary ammonium salts and to a process for preparing the same.

Polyquaternary ammonium salts have been prepared by reacting diamines with alkyl halides.

However, the method is of but limited application, owing, in part, to the unavailability of the diamines. I have now found that polyquaternary ammonium salts of a kind unattainable by the aforesaid prior method can be prepared by reacting tertiary amines with dihalides of the following general formula:

ammonium salts containing the following atomic grouping:

l -CH:

wherein R represents an organic residue such as an alkyl group and X represents a halide radical. These polyquaternary ammonium halides can be converted into other polyquaternary ammonium salts by doubl decomposition with suitable inorganic salts, e. g. to perchlorates, by double decomposition with sodium perchlorate.

I have found that tertiary amines, such as pyridine, N-alkyl piperidines, and trialkylamines for example react readily with the above formulated dihalides. Heat accelerates the reaction. Such dihalides are prepared for example by reacting a glycerol c-monohalogenohydrin with an unsaturated aldehyde, such as acrolein or crotonaldehyde for example, in the presence of a catalyst. See United States Patent 2,131,998, dated October 4, 1938, for example.

The following examples will serve to demonstrate the manner of obtaining my new quaternary salts. These examples are not intended to limit my invention. The parts given are parts by Weight.

Example 1 CHs 5 CHzOCHr-CHOHOHz-N CH2.CsH5

CH2 CH3 C1 (IJHO\ /CH3 l0 /CH-OHz-N O'CH2 CHZ-CBHE 01 2.5 parts of 218-(v-chloro-p-hydroxypropoxy) -ethyl-5-chloro-methyl-1,3-dioxolane and 2.7

parts of dimethylbenzylamine were mixed together. The mixture was heated for 4 hours at 130 to 140 C. The oily reaction product was cooled, washed with diethyl ether and dried in vacuo at 90 to 100 C. The yield of yellow oil was 4 parts.

Example 2 CH2 n-o-cm-onon-om-tr J l\ H, 01 CH0\ OH-CHa-N l l 2.7 parts of 2 8-('y-chloro-fl-hydroxypropoxy) propyl-5-chlormethyl-1,3-dioxolane and 5 parts of pyridine were mixed together. The mixture was heated for 4 hours at 120 C. The waxy reaction product was cooled, washed with diethyl ether and with petroleum ether and dried at 160 C. The yield of wax was 2.5 parts. Example 3 CH: CH3

CH OCHzCHOHCHz-N (3111 CH: 1 CHz-OqHs CH-O CH3 /CH-CH2N 0-CH: 1 CH2-Ce s 2.7 parts of 2-5-('y-chloro-p-hydroxypropoxy) propyl-5-chloromethyl-1,3-dioxolane and 2.8 parts of dimethylbenzylamine were mixed together. The mixture was heated for 5 hours at to C. The waxy reaction product was 55 cooled, washed with diethyl ether and dried in vacuo at 90 to 100 C. The yield of Wax was 4. A polyquaternary ammonium salt having the 3.5 parts. following general formula:

Example 4 R 2.5 parts of Z-B- ('y-0 9-1 wherein R represents a member selected from the ethyl-5-chloromethyl-1,3-d1oxolane and 4.5 parts group consisting f hydrogen and alkyl groups. of triethylamine were mixed together in a sealed Apolyquaternary ammonium Salt having the glass tube. The tube was heated at 150 C. for f llowing general m; 18 hours. The tube was cooled, the waxy product removed and washed successively with diethyl E R ether, petroleum ether and methyl alcohol. It IH"O CH2 OHOH CH2 II\IR"' was then dried in vacuo at 90 to 100 C. The CH1 X yield of wax was 3 parts.

My new quaternary salts are useful as pene- 20 l/ trating agents and dyeing assistants in the treat- I CH OH III RW ment of cellulosic textiles. 0-011,

It is, therefore, apparent that my inve t o is wherein R represents a member selected from susceptible of some modification, hence I do not the group consisting f hydrogen alkyl groups wish to be restricted, excepting insofar as is and R R! d R' represenbalkyl groups and necessitated by the prior art and the spirit of X represents an acid radical, the pp ded claims. 6. A polyquaternary ammonium salt having the What I claim as my invention and desire to following eneral formula: be secured by Letters Patent of the United States R R! RI! 1S.

1. A polyquaternary ammonium salt obtained BH O CHZ CHOH CHTN 'RW by the reaction of a tertiary amine with a dihal- Hi 1 ide of the following general formula:

I/ f 5 OHCH=NR 3110oH2oH0H-(:Hix O CHQ 1 $3 wherein R represents a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl groups 40 and R, R" and R represent alkyl groups. O CH2 7. A polyquaternary ammonium salt having the following formula: wherein R represents a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl groups, and X represents halogen.

2. A polyquaternary ammonium salt obtained H2 emetic by the reaction of a tertiary amine with a di- CH3 O1 chloride of the following general formula: HO\ CH3 R l CH-CH2-NCH2. C9115 (:3H0CHaCHOH-0HzCl cm (:1 CH2 8. A polyquaternary ammonium salt having the following formula: CH-O\ OH;

CHCHBC1 H O -CEIr-CHOlP-CHfiN 1 O-CH2 CH2 I 01 wherein R represents a member selected from 3-0 the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl groups.

3. A polyquaternary ammonium salt having the 01 followin eneral formula:

g g 9. A polyquaternary ammonium salt having the f ronowm formula: CHOCHz-CHOH CHz-N I H2 X eH -o:oHi-oHoHcHl-N0H3 u l (3H1 i oHaotm oHcH= N4X rr-o OHa CHCHzN OHa wherein R represents a member selected from 0-4211; 1 CH2.G6H5

the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl groups and X represents an acid radical. CHARLESF. H. ALLEN. 

